| See realtime coverage | About 20 cars became stuck tonight on State Highway 6 in Southland tonight and six others slid off the road as the big freeze hit the South Island. |
| See realtime coverage | | BBC News | - 9 minutes ago | | |
Afghanistan has suspended talks with the US aimed at determining the nature of US military presence after foreign troops withdraw in 2014. |
| See realtime coverage | United Future leader Peter Dunne says his party's de-registration and his resignation as a minister have unexpectedly cause the party's membership to jump. |
| See realtime coverage | | BBC News | - 57 minutes ago | | |
David Cameron is to face questions from MPs over the agreements reached at the G8 summit over the crisis in Syria and international tax-dodging. |
| See realtime coverage | Disgruntled Sky subscribers are threatening to cancel their contracts after the pay-tv provider lost out on the rights to air English Premier League football matches in New Zealand. |
| See realtime coverage | | Bloomberg | - 43 minutes ago | | |
Turkish police sent 94 demonstrators to the prosecutor's office to face charges of provoking violence during the recent unrest, as growing numbers adopted a silent form of protest inspired by the “standing man. |
| See realtime coverage | | ABC Online | - 12 hours ago | | |
A suicide bomber has targeted a funeral in north-western Pakistan, killing at least 27 people including a provincial lawmaker. Police say at least 50 others were wounded in the blast, which hit a crowd of hundreds of mourners in a village in the Khyber ... |
| See realtime coverage | | Voice of America | - 13 minutes ago | | |
Al-Shabab militants have claimed responsibility for what officials are calling a suicide bomb attack on a United Nations compound in the Somali capital. |
| Stuff.co.nz | - 29 minutes ago | | |
A German tourist crashed his car after being distracted as he was about to eat spaghetti, killing him and a Frenchman, a coroner has found. |
| See realtime coverage | | Telegraph.co.uk | - 8 minutes ago | | |
Riot police confronted more than 50,000 people marching through Sao Paulo yesterday, as frustration about poor public services, police violence and government corruption, spilled out onto the streets, while demonstrations have taken place in Rio de Janeiro ... |
| See realtime coverage | The government has unveiled pokie machine reforms, including returning more money to communities, after a Maori Party gambling bill was watered down. |
| See realtime coverage | | Radio New Zealand | - 1 hour ago | | |
The race to win the Christchurch mayoralty is under way with Labour MP Lianne Dalziel announcing she wants the job. After months of speculation, the MP for Christchurch East and Labour's earthquakes spokesperson confirmed on Wednesday that she ... |
| See realtime coverage | | Stuff.co.nz | - 7 hours ago | | |
National MP Jacqui Dean has confirmed lodging a privileges complaint with Parliament's Speaker over the behaviour of two senior Labour MPs. |
| See realtime coverage | The two men accused of murdering Shalvin Prasad by dousing him in petrol and setting him alight will go to trial next year. 19 June 2013. |
| See realtime coverage | | Stuff.co.nz | - 4 hours ago | | |
A New Zealand man has died while sleeping on the patio of a Queensland property in freezing temperatures. The 40-year-old, who is believed to be from the Wellington region, told his flatmates he planned to sleep outside the house in Clermont, a small town ... |
| See realtime coverage | | New Zealand Herald | - 10 hours ago | | |
Ivor De Menefy is one of 11,000 ANZ bank customers in a class action suit being taken by Auckland barrister Andrew Hooker. Photo / Dean Purcell. |
| See realtime coverage | Dairy exports and increased visitor spending has seen New Zealand's current account deficit narrow to $663m over three months. |
| See realtime coverage | | New Zealand Herald | - 2 hours ago | | |
Greens co-leader was already establishing his credentials as a highly credible economic spokesman before coming up with the money-printing policy. |
| See realtime coverage | A Bay of Plenty farmer has reported to Ministry of Primary Industries the discovery of an animal leg, approximately 18cm in length. |
| See realtime coverage | | Techday NZ | - 6 hours ago | | |
2degrees has secured a $165m banking facility from the Bank of New Zealand, as the telco ramps up its efforts to bring 4G across the country. |
| See realtime coverage | | National Business Review | - 8 hours ago | | |
Orcon has extended its Genius VoIP (internet calling) service to include new iPhone and Android apps. CEO Greg McAlister says the apps allow you to access your home line (and and your homeline calling rate) when you're on your cellphone. |
| See realtime coverage | People in Australia, US, New Zealand, South America and Europe have all reported that they were unable to login to Facebook, or "a website that uses Facebook Connect" for a short period of time. |
| See realtime coverage | | Indian Express | - 55 minutes ago | | |
Google Balloon A Google balloon sails through the air in Tekapo, New Zealand with the Southern Alps mountains in the background. Related. |
| See realtime coverage | It has been top secret classified information since Kim Kardashian gave birth last week - but it appears some silly sod has spilled the beans. |
| | Southland Times | - 8 hours ago | | |
Drive-in movies at Queenstown's Remarkables Park have been so popular the company has decided to make it a more permanent feature. |
| See realtime coverage | | BBC News | - 9 minutes ago | | |
Exeter fly-half Henry Slade says England Under-20s must be on top form if they are to win the Junior World Cup for the first time by beating Wales. |
| See realtime coverage | | New Zealand Herald | - 6 hours ago | | |
A woman was knocked out after she disturbed two people on her Bay of Plenty property early today. Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Turner said the woman was investigating noises inside her home on a rural property about 1am when she disturbed two ... |
| See realtime coverage | | Telegraph.co.uk | - 8 minutes ago | | |
LeBron James, who scored 32 points on the night, made the game-winning jump shot as the Heat stormed back from a 13-point deficit in front of a crowd of 19,900 at American Airlines arena. |
| See realtime coverage | | Businessweek | - 17 hours ago | | |
Forget sentient glasses and self-driving cars, “asteroid transportation” may be the hottest thing in engineering. NASA summoned captains of industry to Washington this morning to pitch its plan to harness earthbound asteroids with spacecraft. |
| See realtime coverage | | The Guardian | - 3 hours ago | | |
Millions of people around the world are likely to be pushed back into poverty because climate change is undermining economic development in poor countries, the World Bank has warned. |
| See realtime coverage | | Radio New Zealand | - 2 hours ago | | |
Health officials say people not washing their hands properly are contributing to an outbreak of Hepatitis A in Ashburton. The Canterbury town has had 11 confirmed cases of Hepatitis A, including four children aged under five years in the past four weeks. |
| See realtime coverage | | New Zealand Doctor Online | - 6 hours ago | | |
Three quarters of notified whooping cough cases in Northland for babies under 12 months have ended up in hospital this year. Northland has had 93 notified cases this year, up to 10 June 2013. |
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